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Beardy Guy Musings

Experimenting with ways to live a low impact life in a tiny house in the woods. Graphic and web design at Beardy Guy Creative . I often write about the Climate Emergency, Apple and the iPad. Living on the traditional territory of: O-ga-xpa Ma-zhoⁿ (O-ga-xpa) (Quapaw), Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo)

Nature

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    Recorded several years ago. I was recording the waterfall, the dragonfly was a happy accident.

    www.youtube.com/watch

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    A leaf neatly rolled by a mystery insect.

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    Seed ticks are already out! Normally it would only be an issue when I’m out on the trail in the woods later in summer or fall. But now, two days in a row, on the gravel road in August!

    VERY tiny baby ticks and when you get them it’s usually 50+. Yikes.

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    Melanoplus punctulatus, known generally as the pine tree spur-throat grasshopper or grizzly spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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    Papilio polyxenes, black swallowtail

    A black swallowtail butterfly hangs upside down, orange spots dominate the underside of wing. Yellow spots on top. Green foliage surrounds the butterfly.
    A black swallowtail butterfly perches on a plant with wings open, yellow spots along the outer edges of the wings. Green foliage surrounds the butterfly.
    A black swallowtail butterfly hangs on a plant. Photo from side shows yellow, spots on upper wing, orange spots with small edges of blue on lower wing. The dark black abdomen is covered with lines of white spots.
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    Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus, desert-chicory

    A vibrant yellow flower with dark gold center, blurred grass background of gold and green
    A species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern United States found in prairies, clay soils and disturbed habitats.
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    Queen Anne's Lace

    Close-up image of small white flowers at the center is a very dark red single flower
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    Passion flower

    Such an interesting flower! Seen on my morning dog walk.

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    Central Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis.

    A newt sitting on a rock, orange belly, orange gray back, black specks
    A newt sitting on a rock, orange belly, orange gray back, black specks
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    Orchard Orbweaver, Leucauge venusta. In the last image the spider has a captured tick in it's web.

    A green legged spider with a green, white, yellow and black abdomen hangs upside down in web.
    A green legged spider with a green, white, yellow and black abdomen hangs upside down in web.
    A green legged spider with white, yellow and black abdomen hangs upside down in web.
    A green legged spider with white, yellow and black abdomen hangs upside down in web, it holds a captured tick.
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    In the garden today a great spangled fritillary on a daisy and my finger. Also a bumble bee collecting pollen from a daisy.

    An orange butterfly with white and black spots hangs from a white daisy with yellow center.
    An orange butterfly, wings closed, rests on a hand
    A bumblebee collects pollen from the yellow center of a white daisy.
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    Foreground consists of pinkish colored rock with. Several very large boulders at a high elevation with a view of green trees stretching to horizon.

    Made an exception to my practice of avoiding non-essential use of a car to take a short drive with relatives to visit Elephant Rocks Park. The rocks consist of the remains of a pluton formed 1.4 billion years ago by cooling magma. A beautiful view.

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    rosa arvensis

    salvia lyrata

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    I had a nice visit with this crawdad the other day!

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    Busy bee pollinating a wild geranium. #nature #macrophotography #insect #flower

    Black bee pollinating a pink flower

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    Pink and yellow tubular columbine flowers

    Columbine, a native wildflower, interesting and pretty! Also, an excellent early spring hummingbird food source.

    Clusters of white flowers

    Flowers on a black locust tree.

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    Ride Journal 2021-7-24

    Some fantastic trail rides recently. Well, they’re always fantastic. But currently just a bit better thanks to all the mushrooms and flowers. So much going on! One of several observed on today’s ride; BlackBerry lily, Iris domestica. Also known as leopard lilly.

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    American Water Willow

    American Water Willow

    I’ve seen these before and have been waiting for them to bloom amongst some rocks near my daily trail ride.

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    Firepink seen while riding the creek trail.

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    Spring Wildflowers

    The woods have come alive with a carpet of small white, pink and purple wildflowers.

    False Rue Anemone
    Dutchman’s Breeches
    Spring Beauty
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